After Sophia got home, she went ahead and placed the suitcase on the table. When she was about to close the door on her back, her legs suddenly gave out.
-Thud!
"I can't feel them..." Sophia murmured to herself. After touching her lap with her fingers, she noticed that it was shaking.
"St-stop shaking!" She shook her legs, but it didn't listen. After waiting for a few minutes, she finally git tired of it and decided to drag herself towards the door to close it.
When she's done, Sophia slumped her back to the wall to try and calm herself down. But, all she could think about was what happened earlier.
Seeing the darkness covered the whole body of the boy, she suddenly felt a new emotion steering out inside her.
Although she had managed to hide this new profound emotions up until she got back to her room, it seems like her legs finally gave out after what she just experienced.
Sophia didn't know what it was since it is the first time she felt this, but she knew that if someone where to replace her place would experience the same thing she was feeling.
It was like she was scared for what she had seen today but more...
Sophia didn't know that she was currently experiencing 'Fear' for the first time.
She wanted to puke, but decided to stop herself. For the first time in her life, she felt fear crawling around her body.
"That thing... How did it stared back?" Holding her head with both of her hands, Sophia suddenly had a flash back from earlier.
Behind the back of the boy was a dark fog that looks endless... similar to the abyss.
"I had the ability to take a glance on someone else's fate..." The moment this words came out from her mouth, the dark fog behind him suddenly opened it's eyes and smiled.
Although she had managed to keep her facade until she got home, that experience was something she won't ever forget even for the rest of her life...
Slowly, the fog grew hands that rubbed the boy's gentle cheeks as it released a terrifying pressure that almost made her breakdown.
Then....
[แแแฟ แแแ แฟ แแ แญแฟแแชแแญแ แปแแช แ แแแแจแจ แชแฟแแ แแแฟแญแฟแ]
Suddenly, like being hit with a bullet, it shot out something that managed to hit her forehead. There she experienced some kind of emotions similar to pain of being killed and seeing his loved one die many times.
Sophia may have kept herself from faltering, but that experience had left her a mental trauma after experiencing the emotions of the boy's future.
She didn't know why, but knowing that the boy in front of her will experience something like that pained her heart deeply.... And she didn't like it.
After checking her watch, Sophia stood up from her seat and placed the papers Athan gave her earlier to a suitcase.
"Athan." She called out the boy's name.
After the boy finished preparing his things, Athan turned his head to face her direction, as he gently asked, "What?"
"You'll experience something worse than death in the future. But, can you promise me that you'll kept your head high and continue looking forward?" Sophia had an expression of pain, worried and aggrieved. She just didn't want to falter now.
"It'll be a tough and long journey. You'll lose things and gained things. But, remember..." With a short pause, she finally continued.
"Your life had purpose even though it doesn't have meaning."
[แแแ แจแแปแฟ แแแ แจแแชแจแแแฟ แฟแแฟแญ แแแแแแ แแ แแแฟแแญ'แ แแแแฟ แ แฟแแญแแญแ]
Her voice and the abyss went synchronized.
With that, she left the restaurant and went back home... Which now led to her in this state.
Coughing, Sophia clutched her chest tightly, that look as if she was having a hard time breathing. She was starting to pant like crazy as if she had run-out of breath after running in a marathon without stopping for an hour.
Sophia then raised her hands, trying to reach out for her phone to ask for someone's help. But, before she could do, she passed out.
The last thing she saw, the boy she had her fears from earlier came inside the window and was now running forward to help her.
"So...phia... Hey!!... Shut up, will you...!!!" The boy before her strongly shook her body, as if he was trying to keep her awake.
After hearing those words, she managed to let out a smile before passing out.
***
While I was lazily dozing off in bed because I had nothing to do, I rolled to the side and accidentally fell off my bed.
-Thud!
With a loud sound, my eyes shot open as I let out a painful groan while holding my back. "Fuck that hurt!" I said aloud.
The neighboring room from my side may have heard as I heard a loud banging sound coming from the wall.
"๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ!! ๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ!" My neighbor spoke loudly as they once again banged the wall to make sure that I heard them clearly.
Because of the pain I've felt when I fell off the bed, I'm not currently in the mood to argue with this guys.
"Sorry!" I replied while raising my voice just to make sure that they could hear me nice and clearly.
But then...
[[๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ!!]]
I suddenly heard a voice, similar to mine, speaking inside my mind.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ... ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด? I thought. I was about to say something else when suddenly, the new voice once again spoke.
[[๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ.]]
๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ... I was about to prepare to slap myself back into reality when I suddenly realized something. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ? ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?
[[๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต,]] The voice cursed. [[๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐'๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ... I ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, '๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ'.]]
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ...? ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ? I asked that question to the voice.
Soon, it gave me an answer with a sound similar to like clicking a tongue. [[๐๐ด๐ฌ!]]
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฑ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ! I thought to myself with a nod. ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ?!
[[๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด]] The voice inside my head spoke in a playful voice.
"What the heck are you anyway?" I questioned the voice. It then let out a small humming sound before realizing that I had said something.
[[๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?]] Asked the Voice. It seems like it weren't even listening when I was speaking earlier... I somewhat wanted to smack it's head only if it had one.
[[๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ.]]
You want my body? What are you? A pervert? I unconsciously shivered as I covered my important parts.
[[๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ? ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.]] The voice sounded innocent while saying something this scary.
"Heck no!" I raised my voice.
My 'neighbors' probably had heard this as they started knocking at the wall loudly. "๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ!!" The neighbor on the other side roared in anger.
Damn, they're annoying as fuck.
I couldn't stand the noice so I decided to leave and take a quick stroll in the academy.
After taking a right from a cross section of the hallway and going down, I arrived outside of the dormitory.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. I lazily slumped my back on the bench.
[[๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ.]]
"Shut up."
Lazily staring at the constellation above, I let out a long sigh before slowly closing my eyes.
[[๐๐ฆ๐บ... ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ.]]
"Yeah?"
[[๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ.]]
I went silent because of that.
A few minutes later, I answered, "Me? I'll probably try and live similar from my previous life where I became a shut-in."
[[...๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต-๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ.]]
"Was that sarcasm?" I asked.
[[๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต.]]
I was about say something else when suddenly, I heard a loud sound coming from the top, just on the second floor building behind me.
...Isn't that Sophia's room?
With that realization, I promptly stood up and used the bench to hop on.
"Hup!"
Thankfully, the window seemed to be open. As soon as I was only a few meters away from her window, I folded my body similar to a ball and used my feet to land on the ground safely.
"Sophia!"